dearth[noun]Synonyms: scarcity, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, shortage, want
Antonyms: excess
Contrasted words: superfluity, surplus, lavishness, prodigality, profusion
Related Words: infrequency,
rareness,
scarcity,
uncommonness,
exiguousness,
meagerness,
scantiness,
scantness,
insufficiency,
paucity [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
dearth /dɜːθ $ dɜːrθ/
noun [singular][
Date: 1200-1300;
Origin: ⇒ dear3 'expensive' (11-21 centuries)]
a situation in which there are very few of something that people want or need
dearth of
a dearth of job opportunities [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲